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JAMES DAVID DANIEL, OF LINDEN, TENNESSEE.

HINGE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led April 2, 1914.

Patented June 2, 1914-1. Serial No. 829,032.

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Be it known that l, Janne D. DANIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Linden, in the county of Perry and State of Tennessee, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates, generally, to hinges, and particularly to a hinge adapted for use onv the doors or shutters for shelves and the like, and it has for its object to provide a simple, comparatively inexpensive, and durable hinge, which serves to permit of the swinging or tilting of the door or shutter as well as to hold the same both in its closed and open position, and it consists in the parts and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a transverse vertical section through the hinge, showing the same secured to the door or shutter and the latter in its opened position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hinge, the roller on which it works, and the housing for the spring. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the hinge, proper.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout all the views.

My invention, as above stated, is peculiarly adapted for use in connection with the shelves employed for holding stock articles in stores, such, for instance, as hardware stores, where a large number of compartments are required to hold the various arti-- cles, and the different sizes and kinds thereof, and in the present instance l have illustrated it in connection with two shelves, one of which is above the other, but it will be understood that it may be used wherever its use is indicated regardless of the number of compartments or the purpose for which they are used.

Referring to the drawings 4l represents the two shelves, one above the other, and 5 a vertical partition connecting said shelves. nly one partition is shown in the drawings, but in use any number of the same may be employed in order to divide the space between the shelves into any number of compartments 6. On the shelf which forms the bottom of the compartments 6, a housing or casing is secured transverse thereof by screws or otherwise, said housing or casing being preferably formed from sheet metal and stamped or flanged to shape and having lateral flanges 7, side uf'alls 8, und a top El. thus i'orining a rectangular shaped cover fdr the reception of a spiral spring l0, one end of which is connected to a screw ll driven into the hotte-m shelf near the rear thereof and the other to a hook l2 formed on one end of a connecting rod or wire 13, the other end of which is also formed with a hook, il, adapted to be caught into a perforation l5 formed in the free end of one of the straps of the hinge for a purpose to be hereinafter dcscribed.

The hinge, proper', consists of the straps 16 and i7, the strap i6 being formed witha suitable number of perforations i8, whereby it may securely be fastened to the lower edge of the door or shutter i9 by means of screws. lhe strap 1G is formed with a longitudinally extending slot 20 which coincides witl'i a similar slot 2l `formed .in the strap l?, and at the meeting edges of the straps they are formed with mating knuckles 22, 23, to receive the pins 2dto ferm the hinge joint.

The door or shutter l), in this instance. is shown as box-shaped and as having a glass front 25, whereby samples of the article or articles contained within the compartment to which the door or shutter is applied, may be arranged for exhibition. The top wall 2G of the door or shutter is formed with a slot 27, as shown in Fig. l, through which the glass may be removed in order to arrange and secure the articles for eX- hibition within the door or shutter and to replace the glass, but either wall of the door or shutter may be formed with the slot to receive the glass if desired.

In order to prevent the passage of the door or shutter marring the edge of the shelf as it is drawn thereover in opening or closing the door or shutter a bearing is provided which also serves to render the movement of the door or shutter easy in its action. The bearing, which it is preferred to employ, consists of a roller pivoted or having each end hung or suspended in the upright of a frame 9,9 which is arranged in a recess 2e formed in the upper surface of the shelf at its front edge, the surface of said roller projecting slightly above the shelf and serving to prevent injury to the edge or corner of the shelf or the upper surface thereof by the door or shutter in its movements. AL

molding strip 32 surrounds the opening in the door or shutter so as to hold the glass in place as well as to give a finish to the door or shutter.

The strap 16, as shown in Fig. l, is secured to the edge of the door or shutter and immediately in line with the slot 2O in said strap a groove 33 is formed in the edge of the door or shutter which receives the head of the screw 3l so as to allow the door or shutter to slide freely into either its opened or closed position, the screw serving to hold the strap 17 down onto the bearing roller and also to prevent the door or shutter wabbling to one or the other side, and thus maintaining it in position to enter the compartment when it is being closed.

The inner or unglazed side of the door or shutter serves as a shelf or rest when in its opened position, as shown.

The strap 16 is secured to the edge of the door and when the latter is in its open position the said strap is at right angles to strap 17. lhen the door is closed the straps are in alinement, and the screw 3l is at the end of the slot Q0.

lV ith the doop opened, as in F ig. l, it may be closed by simply swinging it upward and so soon as its bottom edge or end is raised or turned to a horizontal position the springs 10 act to draw the door into the mouth of the compartment as indicated by the dotted line in Fig. l.

lt will be understood that each of the doors is provided with two hinges, one near each end, and that the housings for the j springs may form a support for the ends of l a rack or a shelf to support the articles contained in the compartments, such rack or shelf also preventing the articles from interfering with the operation of the spring or its connecting bar 13.

Having thus described my invention what l claim is:

l. hinge for doors of shelf compartments and the like, comprising two straps, each of said straps being formed with a central slot, said slots forming a continuous slot when jointed together, and one of said straps being adapted to be rigidly secured to the door, the other of said straps being free at all times for longitudinal movement, a bearing, and means entering said slot to guide and hold the free strap on the bearing.

Q. t hinge for the door of a shelf compartment, comprising two straps jointed together, in each of which is formed a central slot and one of said straps being adapted to be rigidly secured to the door, a spring connected at one end to the end of the free strap and at the other to the shelf, and a screw entering said slot to hold the free strap in position.

3. A hinge for a shelf compartment, comprising two straps jointed together, each of which is formed with a slot intermediate the hinge knuckles, and one of said straps being adapted to be rigidly secured to the shelf door, a spring connected at one end to the shelf and at the other to the free st "ap, means for covering said spring, a bearing secured to the shelf, and means engaging said slots to hold the hinge in contact with the bearing.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signatur-e. in the presence of two witnesses.

JAB/IES DAVID DANIEL. lVitnesses D. E. STARBUGK, J. KENT SPARKS,

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